Control of heat flow is crucial for thermal logic devices and thermal management, with theoretical exploration preceding limited experimental progress in actively controlling heat flow. The device ...
Yellow waves show propagating atomic vibrations observed at ORNL’s Spallation Neutron Source. In a smart, switchable ceramic, an electric field aligns charges so vibrations along white field lines ...
Scientists used electric fields to extend heat-carrying vibrations in ceramics, revealing a promising path toward solid-state devices that actively manage thermal energy flow. (Nanowerk News) New ...